From the ArabyBuddy blog
Short reads on Arabic.
Little windows into the language — words, sounds, stories and the odd bit of grammar worth knowing. Picked up along the way, and short enough to read on the bus.
GrammarCharacters
The Grammar of Cute
Arabic has a grammatical pattern for affection. How one vowel shape turns a word into its smaller, warmer self, and what it does to names.
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CultureCharacters
Origins of Juha: The Wise Fool
How a medieval trickster became the Arab world's best-loved character, how far back his stories can actually be traced, and why he is one of ours.
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